Service: MARINE CORPS
Component: ACTIVE DUTY
Name: PARADA-RODRIGUEZ, NICHOLAS DIMAS
Rank: CPL
Pay Grade: E04
Date of Death: 2010/05/16
Age: 29
Gender: MALE
Home of Record City: STAFFORD
Home of Record State: VA
Home of Record Country: US
Unit: 1ST BN 6TH MAR, (RCT-7, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC
Incident Geographic Code: AF
Casualty Geographic Code: AF
Casualty Country: AFGHANISTAN
City of Loss: HELMAND PROVINCE
Casualty Release:
DOD Identifies Marine Casualty No: 406-10
Burial Location:
Arlington National Cemetery
Section 60 Site 9158
Obituary:
USMC Cpl. Nicolas Parada-Rodriguez, 29, of Stafford County died Sunday, May 16, 2010, in Afghanistan.
Cpl. Parada-Rodriguez is survived by his wife, Shada; his parents, Nicolas and Luisa Parada; his sisters, Maria and Norma; his brother, Lisandro; his maternal grandmother, Ana Rodriguez; his nieces and nephews; and other family and friends.
A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, May 27, at Arlington National Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, May 25 and Wednesday, May 26, at Covenant Funeral Service, 1310 Courthouse Road, Stafford.